11 Signs You're Getting Older....

a blooming, "youthful" Mother Nature

another quick sketch from a slow day at the shop

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I find I can't make the time to blog when the husband and child are home on vacation. We are either off doing things together(R and I had a mother-daughter lunch date today at Seven Moons, for instance) or the computer(we only have one in the house still) is being used.

But I thought I would hop on and at least do the Ten on Tuesday list.

***** Ten Signs You Are Getting Older ******

Very appropriate for my mood today after the ugly shock of seeing my jiggly self in the mirror when I attempted to try on swimsuits at a few stores. Lets just say I have for the first time in my previously skinny life gained some noticeable pounds. This past winter, I really got into cooking and trying out new recipes and I think I must have been sampling too much of my usually successful edible concoctions.

It's not so bad...I am okay with being a little more rounded and will need to accept that I will from now on be choosing clothes in a slightly larger size. And that my lazy self needs to exercise more and not slack off on the stomach crunches.

1. I can't comfortably read the font and typeface at Facebook--too dang small!

2. Have been visiting the dentist the last few years needing crowns and fillings replaced. At least I am outliving the warranty. ;-)

3. I like to go to bed early and get up early (slowly reversing from what I used to do when I was younger)

4. Don't know the names of most current singers or even know the songs on the Top 40 list(maybe there isn't even any such thing anymore) other than what I have learned from my daughter, and mostly listen to NPR radio all day instead of music.

5. a noticeable weight gain for the first time in my life(aside from when I was pregnant) at my last doctor's visit(and visibly in evidence in the dressing room mirror today). I don't mind too much because I figure it is only natural and I kind of like the more jiggly me! But the whole bathing suit shopping experience is even less fun now.

6. a grey hair or two(I have not seen them, but have been told by my daughter that they are there!)

7. If I sit too long in one position(in front of the computer, for example or cross-legged on the floor doing an art project) I am all stiff and creaky when I get up and try to walk. Now, that really makes me feel ancient!
8. I only get out to see live music maybe once or twice a year now(this is somewhat related to no. 3). At least I know I'll be going out to see Jonathan Richman in June(already have my tickets), will see Guster in August and actually went out AFTER ten o' clock to a club a few weeks ago( and felt quite all right the next day)--maybe I am staying a little more youthful?
9. I HAVE to put on a moisturising eye cream morning and night! But, again, I really don't mind the little extra crinkly wrinkly stuff--it is only natural and part of the process.
10. I accept things more(such as my own imperfections) and find I have more patience. I might just be growing up, finally.

....and a no. 11:

I also have to admit to being a cranky older lady sometimes when people are rude or the world changing so much(newspapers fading, for an example) and sometimes can feel myself becoming a dinosaur along with all the disappearing things I love.